General Special Education at East Tennessee State University

What traits are you looking for in a teaching students with disabilities school? To help you decide if East Tennessee State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's teaching students with disabilities program.

ETSU is located in Johnson City, Tennessee and approximately 13,713 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 14 teaching students with disabilities majors received their bachelor's degree from ETSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Special Education section at the bottom of this page.

ETSU General Special Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities
• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

ETSU General Special Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks teaching students with disabilities programs across the country. The following shows how ETSU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at ETSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Special Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	55
Most Focused General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	72
	80
Best General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	93
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	132
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	213
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	245
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	269
Best Value General Special Education Schools	338
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	351
	365
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	365
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	368

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from ETSU. This makes it the #270 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at ETSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teaching students with disabilities majors at East Tennessee State University.

ETSU General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from ETSU. About 71% of these graduates were women and the other 29% were men. The typical teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at ETSU since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at ETSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from East Tennessee State University with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ETSU General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 10 students who earned a master's degree in General Special Education from ETSU in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. ETSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from ETSU, 90% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from East Tennessee State University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ETSU also has a doctoral program available in teaching students with disabilities. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Teaching Students with Disabilities Grads May Go Into

A degree in teaching students with disabilities can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for East Tennessee State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	4,180	$52,350
Special Education Professors	3,360	$54,010
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,080	$52,410
Special Education Teachers	650	$57,580
Special Education Preschool Teachers	260	$48,000

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Boboskaditdatin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.